Battery or Alternator trouble?

[Karl]

Dan said:

As soon as I shut off the engine, the generator died.

You can safely ignore the fuel pump. The float chamber will have enough gas for several minutes of operation. Also, a 4kW Onan circa 1998 would not have a piezo ignition. Even if it did, it wouldn't require 12 volt external power.

 

[Dan Walters]

Well, I finally got the new house  batteries installed and everything is working perfectly now.  Genset starts from the back or front, lignts and instruments are working properly, alternator is charging batteries.  So, I guess the problem was just having 3 bad batteries all at once.  Thanks again for everyone's input and advice.

Dan

 

[Shayne]

Glad you got the problem Resolved.

 

[Ron]

Thanks for the feedback.  Glad the anomaly has been resolved.